The things he taught them couldn't save Mr. Thompson last week, but they helped rescuers locate his grandkids, who were left alone on his 40-foot power boat Tuesday evening as he struggled in the chop of wind-whipped Herring Bay.
Mr. Thompson had gone for a swim with his 7-year-old grandson Frankie Hoffman, and 4-year-old granddaughter Lauren Lipphard. At some point they drifted too far from the boat.
As the 60-year-old man he called "P-Pa" faltered in the water, Frankie remembered his grandfather's words and swam for help....
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